I don't care, just give some good evidence to support your claim. Any official sources.
*shrug* Ok, E it is.
Blue Book, page 112: 'As the demand for supporting attack craft grew, a number of badly damaged Lunars were reconfigured as Dictators at the main fleet bases. By the end of the war, seven more Dictators were in service..."
BFGM #1:
"Badly damaged Mars class Battlecruisers were occasionally modified to be stripped of weaponry and an additional set of launch bays were added. Dubbed the 'Warbringer' class, this design, once battle prove, was soon adopted into a completly new class dedicated to the role - the first of these 'Jovian' class ships, the
Reverent, came into operation just before the outbreak of the Gothic War and it quickly made good account of itself."
Execution Hour - The Gothic war novels follow around the Dictator class
Lord Solar Macharius, and so are a bit carrier centric.
Relentless - Mentions a old fleet carrier being abandoned due to a failing warp drive (IIRC)
Battlefleet Koronus - "Often Ill favored by the Command Staff of Battlefleet Calixis, due to preference for ''true' warships, carriers like the Dictator class cruiser are nonetheless a valuable strategic asset for the Imperial Navy, simply due to their versatility." (It goes on to talk about how they're used to deploy IN's atmospheric craft as well, meaning that they are used anywhere and everywhere that IG needs air cover, at least for the initial deployment, but I'm not copying a whole damn page for this, for more details, Page 10 of BFK)
Victoria Horne goes on to comment how she wants to command a Dictator if and when she ever gets promoted away from the
Hawk on page 25, suggesting that officer attitudes are changing in IN. 100 years before present.
Page 24-25 also contains the Dictator entry for hulls, stating that the Dictator was originally conceived as a means by which the IN could transport and deploy atmospheric craft and it was over time more and more frequently fitted for anti-ship and support operations. (Most likely to fill in the gap created with the lull in Mars production and the phasing out of the Styx.)
Actually Emp+ Sharks+ fleet admiral vs 3 Defiants @140.
Really Im ok with it as is right now (needs testing of course). Im just running ideas out since it seems thats not the direction others would like to see. We could go from the fluff and give it 2 torps and 0 weapons.
Why 1/750? Its not really that good 
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It's an issue with people's preconceptions of 'How IN SHOULD be'. Horizon offers a horrific vision of the future, but if you look at you realize that said fleet is also a one trick pony that can be overcome rather quickly.
I see it as a stand off support ship.
str 4 lbs
str 4 torps
20cm with a +5 purchasable upgrade
no other weapons,
150 pts.
Anyone that can close with it can kill it fairly easily, and if anyone is insane enough to try and build a fleet revolving around them, it's pretty much guaranteed to lose. But it's great as long range support for your fleet.
